Golden Age 1990

Chapter 265 The princess asks to star in a movie! (nearly 5000 words)
"Oh, going to Hollywood to make a movie?"

"Yeah...um, are you excited?"

"This one……"

"Haha...it's nothing, it's normal."

"I made you laugh."

"Are you being polite? The key is to make a good horror movie."

"This... Mr. Bai, can you give me some tips?"

"Haha...Brother Lan, you are so smart."

When Lan Jian received a call from Bai Feng, he directly told him that he could go to Hollywood.

This made Lan Yucai extremely happy.

There is no way, in this era, for any director, being able to go to Hollywood to make a movie is a huge temptation.

Lam was born in Hong Kong, and later learned special film techniques in Japan, and then experienced many twists and turns.

The current film development trend makes him feel powerless.

In fact, he really wanted to make that type of science fiction movie.

It is true that Lan Jin became famous because of horror movies and bloody movies, but he is actually a fan of science fiction movies.

His last film in Hong Kong was actually Ni Kuang's "Black Cat", which is a science fiction film.

But as far as science fiction is concerned.

It's obvious that the whole world can't do Hollywood.

Look at the computer features they made.

It's all money.

Today's computer special effects are too expensive. 30 seconds costs 100 million US dollars, and this is just the most basic quote.

Anyway, in terms of price, don’t even think about Hong Kong.

There are simply no investors who would invest in this kind of movie.

However, Lan Yucai also heard the news.

Hong Kong is developing its own computer special effects, and they are actively preparing for the Zhu family's Xiantao Digital.

Lan Yucai was very interested in this.

But the problem remains, it is indeed too expensive.

In fact, computer special effects have been around for a long time, and they were first used in advertisements.

Because the advertising time is short, and the production cost of advertising is actually very high. After all, only big companies will produce those kinds of computer special effects advertising, just like delicious ones.

People don't care about such a small amount of money at all. As long as you can create excellent visual effects, it doesn't matter how much money you spend.

But movies are difficult.

Who can say for sure whether a phone will make money?
No one, really no one.

And now, the opportunity has finally come.

Although Bai Feng is talking about making horror movies now, horror and science fiction are indistinguishable!

Yes, that's it. People in the film industry actually understand this.

Science fiction originally has its own horror effect. In fact, most of human terror comes from the unknown.

Therefore, if the film goes well, then maybe Lan will be able to find an opportunity to make a science fiction film in Hollywood.

Ever since, this blue man is quite smart.

I plan to listen to Bai Feng's advice.

What's interesting is that Bai Feng had been waiting for Lan Yu to ask himself this question early in the morning.

His first words were this.

"The movie "The Ring" may have an American version."

As soon as these words came out, Lan Jian understood instantly and said immediately: "I can be a consultant."

Bai Feng replied directly: "Very good, actually that's not the point."

In fact, the two of them have already completed a transaction.

It's just that this transaction is very interesting, everyone cooperates happily with each other, and there is no quarrel.

Bai Feng then said: "I have a new movie plan, this movie is very suitable for you, and, overall, the cost of this movie is very low."

"Ah?" Lan Qicai was a little surprised, "How low is it?"

Yes, originally he thought that he might make a Hollywood science fiction blockbuster.

Now Bai Feng told him that there will be a low-cost movie, which is indeed a big gap.

However, how could Bai Feng mess around? His low-budget movie is definitely extraordinary.

"Brother Lan, have you ever thought about it? If it's going to scare people, shouldn't it make the audience think it's a true story?"

Um?Is this going to discuss ghost movies?

Overseas phone calls are very expensive. Although you, Bai Feng, are rich, do you really want to talk like this?

Well, let me accompany you!

“Of course, the more it makes it feel real to the audience, the better.”

Bai Feng asked directly: "Then what kind of movie type is real?"

This question is really too simple.

Lan Yucai replied at that time: "Documentary."

Yes, documentaries will make the audience feel that this is real, because this is a documentary.

But, in fact, in the field of film, documentaries are not simply records.

Yes, if a movie is just a documentary, that is, if it just records an event with a camera, then it cannot be called a movie.

So, Bai Feng then said: "So, is it true that the scariest movie should be a documentary, but it is not a documentary?"

What does this mean?
Lan Yucai understood, "A documentary that's not a documentary? That's a fake documentary!"

In this way, Bai Feng was naturally very happy.

Yes, he just wants to open up the American film market with a fake documentary, or pseudo-documentary.

Because the cost of this kind of movie is actually very low.

Moreover, Bai Feng happened to have a relevant 'idea'.

"I said what if two people, moved into a new house, and one of them liked to use a video recorder to record what was going on between them?

And this video recorder also recorded strange events at midnight.

some of……"

"I understand!"

Lan Yucai understood instantly.

What a great idea!
The cost of such a movie must be very low, but it must also be a brand new form of horror film.

Sure enough, it's Bai Feng, the king of ideas!

And Bai Feng's idea... is actually "Record of Ghosts"!
Yes, this movie is a horror film in the form of a mockumentary.

Relatively speaking, "The Ghost Story" is certainly not the earliest pseudo-documentary horror film.

That "Blair Witch" was earlier than this one, but "Blair Witch" may not be the earliest, but this movie created a successful classic case of pseudo-documentary horror film.

But in fact, the reason why the movie "Blair Witch" was successful and achieved high box office was because it spent a lot of money on marketing.

The original author of "Blair Witch" later filed a lawsuit with the distributor, just to share the money, because the global box office of this movie seems to have exceeded [-] million US dollars, and the original author wanted to share more money.

But in this lawsuit, a lot of things were revealed, including the fact that the publisher spent a lot of money, at least tens of millions of dollars, for marketing.

This marketing is actually classic online viral marketing.

Many people didn't know about this later, and even thought that this movie was an example of a low-cost counterattack to become a box office champion.

It can be said that Hollywood is really good at marketing.

Now, Bai Feng himself is very good at marketing.

In addition, the movie "Blair Witch" is somewhat inexplicably popular. There is really nothing captured in this movie. It mainly relies on a means of exaggeration and atmosphere.

"The Ghost Story" is different. This movie is actually scarier.

In addition, Bai Feng plans to add something else.

"I mean, the ghost, can it be set as a little girl?"

Lan Yu just heard this, and of course he didn't have any special feelings. He just thought this setting was genius.

"Of course it's good. She looks like a weak little girl, but she is actually a terrifying evil ghost. This is great. And the little girl..."

Bai Feng saw this guy and said, "I have a friend's child. I think it has great potential. Why not let her try it."

Only then did Lan Yu understand, "No problem."

Bai Feng emphasized, "The script must be written clearly. She is an Asian girl."

"OK!"

The boss ordered it, no problem at all.

Just like that, Bai Feng and Lan Jin finally agreed on the "Ghost Record". As for how much overseas phone calls were spent, it was nothing.

And Bai Feng's approach...

Of course that little girl is Feifei!
In fact, what he did was not considered pampering, but a disguised form of compensation.

After all, because of the appearance of his stepfather, Feifei was no longer an American.

However, he, Bai Feng, now has the ability to make Feifei debut in an American horror film.

Thinking about it this way, it is indeed a compensation.

It’s just that I’m not in a hurry to tell Feifei about this matter right now.

Next, Bai Feng contacted Huang Ying.

This guy is now stuck again.

How to do?
"How about bringing a zombie movie to America?"

"Ah? Is this really okay?"

"Huang Feihong can be called the Lion of the Western Regions. Didn't our Yimei Taoist priests also go to Africa to fight zombies before? Now that we have come to the United States, what's the problem?"

"Good thing, good thing!"

"We can think boldly. You can think of more ideas."

"OK OK."

Huang Ying is indeed a writer and film producer with quite some ideas, but he really didn't expect that catching zombies would one day lead to the United States.Bai Feng's idea is simply too advanced!

This can no longer be said to be an ordinary creativity, this is simply a super creative idea!

Anyway, Huang Ying didn't know how to describe it for a moment.

In fact, Bai Feng was thinking more about Uncle Ying about coming to the United States to catch zombies.

It's 1996 now. If Bai Feng remembers correctly, next year...

I believe anyone who likes zombie movies would choose to do something if given the chance.

Yes, just trying to see if I can change Uncle Ying's fate.

But this matter is really not that easy.

Uncle Ying is really important to the zombie movie genre.

Maybe he didn't become a very powerful star through this genre film.

You know, he is Big Brother Long and Big Brother's senior brother. They are really as close as brothers.

Moreover, Uncle Ying was Mr. Bruce Lee's stand-in and martial artist back then, and the relationship was very good.

Big brother is also very supportive of him.

The success of zombie movies has a lot to do with the support of Big Brother.

It can be said that Uncle Ying is a signature of Hong Kong zombie movies.

According to the development in the original time and space, Uncle Ying's zombie movie also encountered a big crisis.

Until he starred in a TV series, namely "Zombie Taoist Priest".

The show was such a hit that the screenwriter became famous as well.

Naturally, I filmed the second part.

After filming the second part, Uncle Ying was diagnosed with liver cancer.

The third film could not be filmed, but Uncle Ying still finished filming the film he had promised before.

Obviously, Uncle Ying was diagnosed with liver cancer because he was overworked and loved to drink.

this thing...

Love to drink, this kind of thing is really difficult to deal with.

Bai Feng has come into contact with many wealthy people, including many who like to drink. It is basically impossible for them to quit.

Some people must say that it’s just a matter of quitting drinking.

Well...forget it, I won't say more.

Drinking, in fact, is no longer an addiction problem.

It's a way of life.

Yes, it has become a part of life.

It is almost impossible to change a person's lifestyle.

Therefore, it is not easy to change Uncle Ying's fate.

What did Bai Feng do?

He really didn't do anything.

Now that he knew it was difficult to quit drinking, what else could he do?

If you try to persuade them too much, there might even be dissatisfaction between everyone.

Therefore, this matter is really difficult to handle.

But right now...

Bai Feng and Huang Ying mentioned one more thing.

"This time I come to the United States for filming, it's different here. You try your best to clean up all the alcohol."

"Ah? This is..."

"It's actually quite troublesome to buy alcohol here in the United States. If it doesn't work, just let him drink outside."

"This……"

Huang Ying is still not clear about it now. The laws here in the United States are very weird. It's okay to get acupuncture in the street, but if you drink in the street, you can get into trouble.

Generally, when buying wine, you have to wear a cover-up bag so that you cannot reveal that it is a bottle of wine.

So, if you come to the United States to film, you might be able to change something.

Bai Feng wasn't sure if he could get Uncle Ying to change his living habits, but he could probably get him to drink less.

Huang Ying was very happy after listening to Bai Feng's simple explanation.

In fact, they and the others also knew about Uncle Ying's drinking problem.

Still the same problem...persuasion is of no use.

Maybe this trick will work.

But, when we go to the United States, are we really just going to make random zombie movies?
Huang Ying, like Lan Yucai, also wanted to hear Bai Feng's 'ideas'.

Can this idea still stump me, Bai Feng?

“Many big things happened in the United States back then, and many terrible things were done to the local indigenous people.

Therefore, this time American Zombie focuses on a unique shape.

No scalp.

And the combat power is also extremely strong, this is at least a century-old zombie king.

A century-old zombie king has been born and attacked a town, but there is also a wealthy family in this town, and this wealthy family sells candles.

Not only selling candles, but also making wax figures.

Have you heard of American wax figures? "

Wax figure?

Huang Ying understood it at that time.

"Okay! I know how to shoot!"

What's going on?
The key is this wax figure.

There is a horror movie here in the United States called "Horror House of Waxwork."

This film first appeared in 1953, and there was a wax figure of Queen Louis XVI in it. The guy who opened the wax museum was obsessed with the queen and created her image.

But one day, his partners burned down the wax museum, and of course the curator died.

but!

Later this curator came back to life again!

The horrific story unfolds like this.

Bai Feng also knew about a later version, probably a remake in 2005.

This version was actually quite well shot. Of course, it also encountered a lot of bad reviews after it was released.

But to be honest, this film is actually quite scary and can be regarded as a classic horror film.

Moreover, there are several celebrities in this 2005 version.

Among them was Paris Hilton. Yes, she was the famous rich second generation. At that time, the Kardashian family was just her little girl carrying bags.

There is also a guy among the male characters, who later drives a big car with his brother Dean to fight ghosts, and the Winchester family is invincible.

Of course we have to change it now.

In fact, the story told by Bai Feng is actually a domestic ghost film we have.

Xu Ke later supervised the production of a film called "Millennium Zombie King" and a film called "Zombie Age".

This can be considered the last glimmer of Hong Kong zombie films.

I talked with Huang Ying about some other details, but that was basically the end of it.

As for actors, we have to be conservative at the beginning and use as many Hollywood actors as possible.

There's nothing we can do about it. After all, we're still trying to make a breakthrough, and we have to make the American audience accept it first.

Later, we will slowly arrange for more of our stars to star.

If this road can be opened, then the future situation will be very interesting.

Bai Feng is tantamount to controlling a broad road leading to Hollywood.

What a temptation this is to many star actors.

Forget it, don't think about it now.

After arranging these two projects, Bai Feng planned to go back.

To be honest, he actually plans to try his hand at "Saw".

But, right now, I don’t have the talent at hand.

Don't underestimate this kind of movie, in fact, ordinary people can't make it.

Bai Feng thought it would be best to recruit Wen Ziren, but he should still be in school right now, so the time has not yet come.

so and so...

"Why did you arrange an acting show for me?"

"Isn't that bad?"

"Then, I have to agree."

"Then do you agree or not?"

When Feifei learned that she was going to make a movie, she was of course very happy.

But...for this scene, we need to talk about it.

Bai Feng had long noticed that this girl was arrogant.

agree Disagree?
The way the little girl pouts in anger is really funny.

So……

"Okay, is this okay?"

"what?"

"Princess, please act in a movie? Is that okay?"

As soon as Bai Feng said these words, Feifei couldn't help it anymore and kept laughing.

Sure enough, girls all have the heart of a princess...

　Hey, once Uncle Ying is gone, zombie movies will basically be finished.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)